Multi-Colored Kelimutu lake: geological anomaly in IndonesiaThe volcano Kelimutu (Kelimutu) height 1639 meters, located on the Indonesian island of Flores, known for crater lakes, from time to time changes color. Natural reservoirs in which are dissolved…

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In the South of the Tyumen region can improve your health and get on with the business.

On the healing properties of this unique lake is compared to the Dead sea and the resort of Matsesta in Sochi, but in its territory there is no organized recreational areas or even a small mud baths.

In another two-day press tour in the Tyumen region, the journalists of the Northern regions showed more than a dozen sites for potential investors and by the example of already implemented projects, spoke about opportunities for business.

For example, in Berdusco district eleven prepared investment sites. Because the district is agricultural, the majority of them are intended for the development of animal husbandry. The district has also many lakes, 28 of them are rich in fish, which requires processing facilities. Four lakes are identified for production and processing of organic fertilizer – sapropel.

But one of the most interesting proposals is the creation of a recreational complex on a unique Salty lake, which is located near the village Okunevo. The salt level is so high that it is called the dead – fish is not found there. According to old people, during the great Continue reading →

Toxic gases and radioactive radiation, human carelessness and mistakes of nature made these lakes the most dangerous on the planet.

LAKE KIVU, CONGO

The scenic lake Kivu, which is on the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, attracted the attention of scientists from all over the world, but the popularity of the reservoir is not linked to its beauty.

Under a layer of water of the lake keeps dangerous deposits of carbon dioxide and tens of billions of cubic meters of methane generated by bacteria in the pond. This deadly combination makes lake Kivu the real bomb. If in these parts there’s an earthquake, the deadly ingredients “mixed” and the lake will simply explode.

Scientists estimate that lake Kivu is a threat to at least two million people who live in a dangerous area. In the event of volcanic activity or earthquake they will be killed by the explosion of methane and of carbon dioxide poisoning.

LAKE KARACHAY, RUSSIA

Lake Karachay is located in the Urals, in the chemical plant “lighthouse”, and today is the most deadly lake in the world.

In 1951 the lake was used for storage of liquid radioactive waste, and over the past decade there has accumulated Continue reading →

In this lake you can’t swim In it… not the fish… But in Peach lake you can walk…

This is one of the most amazing lakes of our planet and it is situated on the island of Trinidad. It consists of… asphalt. And asphalt of high quality. They cover the road the islanders, and they are not alone. For example, one of the most symbolically Laden roads of the world — Avenue pall Mal in London which leads to Buckingham Palace is lined with natural asphalt from Peach lake.

Hundreds of tons of natural asphalt is scooped out of the Peach lake annually, but its level is not reduced: underground asphalt “plant” is running strong, making up for something that takes people.

The surface of the lake supple and oily, if you try to “scoop up” his “water,” she pulled thick strands of tar. This lake cannot be called a fixed – it passes its life, however, very similar to life in other lakes.

In the depths of the Peach lake always something bubbling. And here on the surface of the slowly diverge to the shore from the center of the strange thick waves, when a new piece of tar rises from the depths. Or it suddenly starts to bubble – up to the surface from the depths of sulfurous gases.

The lake is known since ancient times. Even Walter Raleigh, English Navigator and organizer of the pirate expeditions of the sixteenth century, used local asphalt to cover the hull Continue reading →

National characteristics of IndonesiaIndonesians are friendly and hospitable people. However, there is still a very large number of different local religious and cultural "taboos". Because of this, foreign tourists should behave so that…